title: Investigation on a focus of human trichinellosis revealed by an atypical clinical case: after wild-boar (Sus scrofa) pork consumption in northern Italy.
abstract: Trichinellosis is one of the most serious foodborne parasitic zoonoses in Europe. Wild carnivorous and omnivorous hosts are the main reservoirs of Trichinella spp. nematodes in nature. In the winter of 2008-2009, an atypical clinical case of trichinellosis occurred for the consumption of pork from a wild boar (Sus scrofa) hunted in southwestern Alps in Italy. The symptomatic individual showed delayed development of oedemas in the lower limbs and eosinophilia, which appeared three months after infection. Muscle samples harboured 3.8 larvae/g, which were identified as Trichinella britovi. During the epidemiological investigation, anti-Trichinella IgG were detected in five hunters.
authors.affiliation: SIAN ASL CN1, Mondovì, Italy.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Romano
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Motta
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Melino
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Negro
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gavotto
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Decasteli
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Careddu
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bianchi
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Bianchi
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pozio
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D007814:Larva; D035002:Lower Extremity; D008460:Meat / Q000469:parasitology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009132:Muscles / Q000469:parasitology; D015995:Prevalence; D034421:Sus scrofa; D013552:Swine; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000635:transmission; D014234:Trichinella / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014235:Trichinellosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000635:transmission